Gossip Friday: Burning up the Wires

From December 1937:

The latest of those rumored accidents to movie stars had Carole Lombard jittery on the “Food for Scandal” set. Clark Gable, according to the story, had been injured in an auto crash. Carole burned up the wires trying to find Clark who was out of town. When she finally did, she was so relieved she told him to call her every half hour on the set. And what is more, set workers declare he did.